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Social Studies

Social Studies. Week One Instructor: Pat Elliott. Welcome. Who am I? Attendance – TeacherKit App – take picture - Add name and email. Life Timelines – icebreaker http://www.howdoyouplay.net/icebreakers/how-to-play-life- timelines.html. Create a timeline of your life:

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Social Studies

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  1. Social Studies Week One Instructor: Pat Elliott

  2. Welcome • Who am I? • Attendance – • TeacherKit App – take picture - Add name and email

  3. Life Timelines – icebreakerhttp://www.howdoyouplay.net/icebreakers/how-to-play-life-timelines.html • Create a timeline of your life: • High points, Low points and In Between events • How things have changed over time • Key places, events, important people • Draw pictures or write on your timeline • Create graph of happiness • Divide into meaningful chunks • Share with those at your table • Share a couple of things to whole group

  4. All About Me Bag • Historical pictures – family • Kids’ pictures • Dog • Globe • Technology • Recipe book • Next Week bring your “All About Me Bag” • Minimum 5 items

  5. Social Studies & Stories • Everyone has a story. Social Studies provides us with the opportunity to learn, to tell and to create our story.Who do you think You Are • Social Studies provides: • a natural vehicle for the integration of literacy and numeracy skills, • an opportunity to develop lifelong skills that are fundamental to learning in all subjects which include critical thinking, inquiry and research, • an opportunity to understand the relationship between natural environment and human activities; groups of people and relationships; society and technology, (Environmental Education, Aboriginal Peoples) • an opportunity to understand that the individual and the group can make contributions to the betterment of society and evolution of Canada and its place in the world, (Character Education) • an opportunity to develop the growth and identity of a responsible Canadian and Global citizen and to recognize that every individual can make a difference.

  6. What is Social Studies? • What words, phrases, or images come to mind when you think of “Social Studies”?Write down one word or phrase, or draw an image, in each segment of the Reaction Wheel.

  7. What is Social Studies • Exchange your reaction wheel with a peer. Talk about what each of you have included in your Reaction Wheel for clarification. • What experiences led to these reactions?

  8. What is Social Studies? • What do you remember studying and doing in social studies classes when you were an elementary school student? • Did you enjoy social studies? Why or why not? • Do you think you learned anything of importance? Why or why not? • Do you want to teach social studies in the ways that it was taught to you? Why or why not? • Add any salient ideas to your Reaction Wheel Page

  9. What is Social Studies • In your group look at your reactions. Try to classify the reactions into the knowledge you learned, the skills you learned, Subject disciplines in social studies

  10. Disciplines of Social Studies • Anthropology • Archeology • Economics • Geography • Environmental Studies • History • Law • Philosophy • Political Science • Psychology • Religion • Sociology • Space Science

  11. Expanding Environments Approach to Social Studies • Me • Family • Community • Provinces and Territories • Country • World

  12. Putting the “Social” into Social Studies • Active listening • Active participation • Conflict resolution • Cooperation • Goal setting • Independence • Initiative • Organization • Problem solving • Study skills • Task completion • Use of information

  13. Values in Social Studies • Character education • Citizenship studies • Communication skills • Critical thinking • Research skills • Economic education • Global education • Human rights education • Incisiveness • Peace education • Sustainability • Global stewardship • Technological skills • Treaty rights education • Value and conflict resolution

  14. Resources for Social Studies • Artifacts • Collections • Computers • Costumes and culturally accurate dress • Display boards • Digital cameras • Field trips • Globes • GPS units • Literature • Local Officials (interviews) • Magazines • Maps • Newspapers • Photographs • Reference texts • Samples • Scanners • Volunteers

  15. The Syllabus • Overview of the assignments • Topic Selection

  16. Course Links • D2L • Turn In Assignments electronically • EDUC 4015 C&I Social Studieshttp://4015ss.wordpress.com/

  17. Social Studies • Use of Technology during course • Edmodo – Register as a teacherhttps://www.edmodo.com/home • Join Group FAO (Mon. 10:30)- ithrzj • Join Group FBO (Thurs. 2:30) - agcuow • Join Group FCO (Thurs. 8:30)- hgft8s • Join Group FDO (Mon. 2:30) - v6us4x • You will be receiving a message to join Edmodo • Posts • Work Groups

  18. For Next Week • “My Story Bag” – min. 5 items • Read the Social Studies Curriculum and complete the Scavenger Hunt (posted on the http://4015ss.wordpress.com/ website)http://4015ss.wordpress.com/2-1-preparation/

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